This essay will consider ethics in nursing‚ discuss values and morals and how dignity and respect in patient care is influenced; considering the importance of reflection and the implications it has on effective practice from the perspective of a student nurse. The scenario “Call Me Joe” provided by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010a) highlights concerning issues and bad practice that are happening in modern day nursing practice‚ and using the Driscoll and Teh (2001) reflective model: What
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strong faith in God and His word‚ are just a few factors that have had the greatest influence on the development of my worldview. Yes‚ factors like my race‚ gender‚ socio-economic status‚ geographical location‚ and beliefs have all played a majored role into how I see the world‚ live my life‚ behave as a wife‚ raise my children and treat others. If I eliminated any one of those factors in my life‚ I would not be who I am today. But to live a life with a past tense perspective based solely on one’s previous
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Kyle Dee Ethical Theory October 29‚ 2014 Aristotle’s Friendship In Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle believed there are three different types of friendships; the friendship of utility‚ the friendship of pleasure‚ and the friendship of virtue. These are the three different types of friendships why someone might like someone else. Then argue in favor why a good person wants a virtuous friend. The friendship of utility is “those who love each other for utility love the other not in his own right‚ but
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“it is a person that is the source of value. A person is of infinite worth‚ and what a person has‚ what a person does‚ what a person believes‚ what a person enjoys are all dependent upon the person’s and the person’s autonomy. Kant says that the virtues themselves evenness of temper‚ patience‚ can be turned evil if they are used for evil” (O’ Sullivan & Pecorino‚ 2002). By the words of Kant it would seem that he believes that people have the ability to be good and bad but the choice between good
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„Worldview‟ is an English translation of the German term “Weltanschauung”. It is rendered in Arabic as“Ru‟yatu li al-wujud or Tasawur li al-wujud”‚ (زئيت نهىجىد ؤو حصىز نهىجىد Worldview Defined: A set of attitudes on a wide range of fundamental matters. A comprehensive set of propositions about various aspects of the world. A unified and comprehensive view of the world around us and man” place within it. Basic assumptions and images that provide a more or less coherent‚ though not necessarily
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Ethical Theories Business 670 Legal Environment August 10‚ 2010 The purpose of this paper is to discuss Ethical theories and their foundations from this week’s reading material. One is to describe the theories‚ discuss plus add one more that is not in the book. To understand l theories one needs to know understand that a theory is based on observation or testing‚ there is really no right or wrong answer to what a theory is. One does need to understand what is ethical? Ethical is basically
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In Aristotle’s piece entitled “Happiness and Virtue‚” he discusses the different types of virtues and generally how one can achieve happiness. According to Aristotle‚ human happiness is a life long process. It is continuously ongoing and the purpose has the end in itself. Happiness is an activity of the soul and in that is an ongoing actualization of the soul’s potential for virtue. Being virtuous is self- sufficient in itself and therefore leads to human happiness. There are four parts of the
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remember having a divine intervention or anything‚ nursing has always been part of me. Nursing is something I want to do‚ something I want to be and something that can be part of me till I die. I think my main source of inspiration to become a nurse definitely came from my mother. My mother worked as a nurse for 20 years in India‚ and retired about 5 years ago due to sickness in her body. She has been one of the most dedicated person I have ever seen in my life. Especially choosing a place like India was
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My daddy served in the Navy during WWII. When the war was over he returned to states and was immediately hospitalized. He was so young and had experienced things he never wanted to think about again. However‚ he always complimented the nurses that took care of him. They helped heal his body‚ but more importantly they helped to heal his spirit and soul. I cannot count the times he said‚ “I want one of you girls to be a nurse‚” and I knew it was going to be me. What do I believe about myself
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Nursing is a career filled with a variety of options‚ it is an exciting career field that helps to take care of people. When I was growing up it was essential that I became something that everybody needed and becoming a registered nurse was my ultimate my goal. A registered nurse is a nurse graduate that obtain their license and met all the obligations in order to maintain their state license. The oxford dictionary describes as a nurse as someone who provides care to others in a hospital setting
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